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Joining hosts Mitch Ciccarelli & Bryan Levick this week is another all-star cast including BJ Penn training partner Shane Nelson who will make his debut for MFC on October 26th against Graham Spencer in the organizations first featherweight bout. Nate “Rock” Quarry will take time out of his busy schedule to chat with Mitch...

Joining hosts Mitch Ciccarelli & Bryan Levick this week is another all-star cast including BJ Penn training partner Shane Nelson who will make his debut for MFC on October 26th against Graham Spencer in the organizations first featherweight bout. Nate “Rock” Quarry will take time out of his busy schedule to chat with Mitch...

As previously reported on BJPENN.COM, “Suga” Shane Nelson has inked a deal with Canada’s number 1 mixed martial arts promotion, MFC. Shane is scheduled to make his promotional debut on October 26th against Graham Spencer on the evenings main card set to air on AXS TV.

The Maximum Fighting Championship has officially set the matchup that will launch its new featherweight division. Hawaiian sensation and BJ Penn training partner “Sugar” Shane Nelson will take on top Canadian prospect Graham Spencer at MFC 35: Explosive Encounter – a bout that will be featured on the AXS TV main card emanating live from...

“Suga” Shane Nelson made his Japanese MMA debut at Shooto 24 against Takasuke Kume on Feb. 12. Watch part three of this three part exclusive video entry to follow him through his journey! Read More: Shane Nelson (News), Japanese MMA, Shooto Japan

“Suga” Shane Nelson made his Japanese MMA debut at Shooto 24 against Takasuke Kume tomorrow, Feb. 12. Watch part two of this exclusive video entry to follow him through his journey! Read More: Shane Nelson (News), Japanese MMA, Shooto Japan

“Suga” Shane Nelson is set to make his Japanese MMA debut at Shooto 24 against Takasuke Kume tomorrow, Feb. 12. Good luck to UFC and Ultimate Fighter veteran Shane Nelson. One of BJPENN.COM’S own! Read More: Shane Nelson (News), Japanese MMA, Shooto Japan

“Roy’s a great fighter, don’t get me wrong, very talented, could he be more talented? I think so. If he took things more serious. I think the other tension is that I am this average guy and I’ve worked my ass off to get to where I’m at, and I started working when I was...

The last time UFC fans saw former UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion Shane Carwin he had stepped in on short notice as a replacement for Brock Lesnar against current UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior Dos Santos at UFC 131 last June. The winner would then go on to face heavyweight kingpin Cain Velasquez for a shot at...

Roy Nelson is always outspoken and his target this time is Shane Carwin. Today he used Twitter to issue a challenge to his fellow UFC heavyweight with a little extra kick. “@ShaneCarwin Why wait tell December we can see if we can get on @ufc 151. Is this enough time to cycle off?” Carwin has...

The Ultimate Fighting Championship organization is proud to announce the coaches for the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter are interim UFC heavyweight champion Shane Carwin and top heavyweight contender Roy ‘Big Country’ Nelson. Taping for the show’s second season on FX will begin in early August, with the debut episode slated to air in...

With the way bouts have been crumbling due to injuries, it’s sad that you can expect daily updates on fighter replacements. This time, another injury has effected a heavyweight bout at UFC 162. Late Friday night, UFC’s Twitter account announced that Shane Del Rosario suffered an injury and would be forced out of his bout...

UFC fighter, Roy “Big Country” Nelson spoke with Bloody Elbow Tuesday night about his progression in the UFC’s heavyweight division. Nelson (19-7) has been on a hot streak, winning his last three fights via first round T/KO in the past twelve months alone. It was announced that he will be fighting Stipe Miocic at...

It’s finally official. One of the greatest knock out artists in the UFC’s heavyweight history has finally decided to throw in the towel and retire from professional mixed martial arts. Shane Carwin made the announcement today via his trusty twitter account. Here is what the former UFC Interim Champion tweeted: “Officially retired [today],” he wrote on...

The Ultimate Fighter franchise has a new champion. Team Nelson’s Colton Smith decisively took out Canada’s top prospect Mike Ricci with a grueling three-round decision victory that displayed the Army Combative specialists superior grappling skill. Top featherweight fighter Dustin Poirier returned to the cage and the win column tonight in an impressive first round stoppage...

Roy “Big Country” Nelson has quest to make VADA testing more mainstream within the sport. He spoke with Steph Daniels last week when the Volunteer Anti-Doping Association (VADA) proposal had been issued for 3 or 4 days with this to say: Lack of response from Mitrione on VADA testing proposal: “He told me, when we were on...

UFC President Dana White has never been a fan of his employees turning down short notice opportunities to help salvage events, just ask Jon Jones and Lyoto Machida. Recently he called out Cheick Kongo for his unwillingness to step up and replace Shane Carwin against Roy Nelson. Kongo took to twitter this afternoon to respond:

When Shane Carwin announced he was injured and could not compete in the TUF: 16 main event against Roy Nelson the UFC president thought, “Not again.” Well it didn’t take long to find a replacement, less than 24 hours later Matt Mitrione agreed to step in and take the toughest fight of his career against...

UFC president Dana White recently took to twitter and announced that UFC heavyweight Cheick Kongo turned down a chance to face off with TUF coach, Roy Nelson, in the absence of the injured Shane Carwin.

Yesterday it was reported that former UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion Shane Carwin had blown out his knee and was forced out of his December 15th bout with fellow Ultimate Fighter coach Roy Nelson. Carwin’s manager confirmed with BJPenn.Com this morning that the injury will not require surgery and that Carwin is shooting for a February return to...

A little over two weeks ago I came across a spirited conversation between two Bloody Elbow writers and Jason Genet, manager of UFC heavyweight and current TUF coach Shane Carwin. Apparently Carwin’s opposing coach and December 15th opponent Roy Nelson along with others had released a statement saying that Carwin had agreed to participate...

A heavyweight match-up between Pat Barry (7-5 MMA, 4-5 UFC) and Shane Del Rosario (11-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has been scheduled for the TUF 16 Finale on December the 15th. Both fighters are looking to rebound from devastating stoppage defeats. Pat Barry in particular finds himself in desperate need of a win. This after losing...

“The Ultimate Fighter” coaches have taped their season and put their focus in the training room as they prepare for their upcoming heavyweight clash. Roy Nelson, has enlisted in the VADA testing program and, it appears up until this point, has been lobbying for his opponent to do the same. According to a twitter posting...

The Nevada State Athletic Commission has requested out-of-competition drug screenings from “The Ultimate Fighter” season 16 coaches, Shane Carwin and Roy Nelson. The last occurrence of such testing was when Alistair Overeem was scheduled to fight Junior dos Santos on an all heavyweight UFC pay-per-view. In the aftermath it was found that the UFC’s number...

“I think me and Dana are gonna fight, I think I even offered. We’ll handle it like men, like everybody else. But at the end of the day, Dec. 15th I’m fighting Shane Carwin. He’s going to settle his beef with me and I’m gonna squash the juice with him. Pretty much if the fight...

“[Dana] never said I was the worst coach. He said I was the worst coach he ever had to deal with. If he was talking about the worst coach, it would be Shane, because he doesn’t even coach. Dana’s going to say what he needs to say, and I can’t help that. It’s just one...

“I don’t respect that guy. I don’t like him. I just think he’s disrespectful. He’ll talk all kinds of sh*t behind your back and stuff, but then when he’s at my face, all he wanted to do was talk about the UFC contracts to me. I’m like, ‘Who are you, man? Get out of my...

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